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“Ⅴ” is the forthcoming fifth studio album from American pop rock band Maroon 5. It is set to be released on September 2, 2014, by Interscope Records.

It comes preceded by the lead single “Maps“,which was released on June 16th. In addition, the band also signed a worldwide tour deal with Live Nation with tour dates to be announced in the coming weeks.

Recorded in LA over the past year with producers Max Martin, Benny Blanco, Ryan Tedder, Shellback and Sam Martin, V reunites Maroon 5 with long-time keyboardist Jesse Carmichael who took a hiatus while the band recorded 2012′s ‘Overexposed‘.

After the premiere of the new single and during the band’s interview with Ryan Seacrest, Adam confirmed a rumor that has been going around about the album. He confirmed that Gwen Stefani makes an appearance on it. He said: “How do you know everything already?” he jokingly asked Ryan after some stammering. “I wanted it to be a surprise, but she is.”
The album’s artwork will be revealed through different pieces of puzzle released in different web pages. The first was unveiled on Billboard on Thursday 17 July. The second puzzle piece was unveiled on Mashable on July 18th. The third piece was unveiled on the band’s Facebook page on July 19th. The full artwork and the tracklist was unveiled on the band’s Facebook on Monday July 21st.

The band plans to release the track “It Was Always You” alongside the pre-order of the album on iTunes on July 29th.